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TATES ATENT FFICE.

CHARLES S. BROWN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BASKET FOR GATHERING FRUIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,666, dated April 4,1893.

Application filed October 14, 1392. Serial No. 448,810- (N'o model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1,0HARLES S. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of New York, in the State of New York,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Baskets forGathering Fruit, of which the following is a specification.

The material of my basket is the thin wood produced by shaving from alog, as long practiced for the sides of the rectangular boxes in whichoranges are packed for market, peculiarly formed hoops and Well annealednails and plane board. I steam the thin wood, bend the portion whichforms the main body of the basket and secure the parts together while inthe steamed condition. One of the upright faces of the basket is plane,adapting it to match smoothly against the side of the person carryingit. The remaining upright part is a single piece of similar material,bent around. The horizontal section of the basket is in the form of theletter D, with the angles open. When, as is usually the case inpractice, a large number of my baskets are formed rapidly and piled oneupon another, they without further care maintain their damp conditionfor a considerable period, during which the material becomes fully set,and the structnres on finally cooling and drying constitute strong andefficient baskets, which can be produced at a low price.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification andrepresent what I consider the best means of carrying out the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. showing aportion on a larger scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures where they appear.

A is a plane piece of board, sawed or otherwise Wrought in the shape ofa capital D to serve as a bottom.

Bis a plane upright side of thin shaved wood and D a much wider piece ofthe same material, of equal height, steamed and bent as shown. Thevertical joints between the parts B and D are left open.

My baskets are intended for gathering oranges and other fruits, ofconsiderable size. In the cases where a basket shall be allowed Fig. 3is a vertical section to stand in a loaded condition many hours or days,it is of advantage to have the structure liberally ventilated by theseopen joints.

E, F and G are similar hoops of approxi mately D.-forms, straight in theportions which match upon B,bent sharply at the points which correspondwith the junctions of the parts B and D, and curved to correspond to thebend of the part D in the remainder. One, E, is thick, and is previouslyrabbeted on its lower side by sawing or analogous treatment before it isbent. This is applied upon the upper edges receiving the parts B and Din the rabbet. Another hoop, F, is thinner and not rabbeted. It isapplied around the bottom of the structure, and the third, G, is fittedaround at the mid-height. Nails H are driven through the lower hoop Finto the bottom A, and through the straps E and G and the uprightmaterial B and D against a hard surface temporarily held in place andthereby clinched. Two notches b, b, formed in the plane upright B at thetop serve to receive a strap of leather or other flexible material, notshown, which takes hold of the upper loop E. The user slips the strapover his head and allows it to rest on one shoulder while the basketapplies with its flat face against his opposite side. The hoop F at themid-height may be omitted in some cases.

My invention is especially serviceable in gathering oranges by avoidingthe liability of the delicate fruit to be jammed or to be pricked by thethorns of the orange tree which are liable to puncture bags and basketsordinarily used.

I claim as my invention A fruit basket, having a curved upright D of awood sheet bent, another upright B of such wood sheet plane, the saidsheets being separated by Widely open joints extending up and down alongtwo lines and held together and to a suitable bottom A by approximatelyD-shaped hoops, all substantially as herein specified.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES S. BROWN.

Witnesses:

H. A. J OHNSTONE, M. F. BOYLE.

